Shimamoto Harumi

Shimamoto Harumi was a rifleman of the Tokugawa clan who was responsible for killing Shingen Takeda.

Biography
Serving as a soldier of the Tokugawa clan at Noda Castle, Shimamoto was posted on guard duty one night in 1573. From the ramparts, he saw the Takeda set up several banners and a chair, so he knew that it would be a high-ranking general. He set up his arquebus through a lancet hole in the wall and fired at daimyo Shingen Takeda as he listened to a flute player in the besieged Noda Castle at night, mortally wounding him. Later, an incredulous Ieyasu Tokugawa had Shimamoto shoot at a small pine tree by stonewall of the second tower near where Shingen sat, proving that he killed him.